Inward Being and Outward Identity : : The Orthodox Churches in the 21st Century / / edited by John Jillions.
"How well are Orthodox Churches listening and responding to the changing cultures they are living in? And in these new conditions what does it mean to be faithful to the inner life of the Church, while being engaged "for the life of the world"? These are the main underlying questions...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Notes: | "This edition is a reprint of the special issue published online in the open access journal Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) from 2016-2018"--Title page verso. |
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| Other title: | Inward Being and Outward Identity |
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| Summary: | "How well are Orthodox Churches listening and responding to the changing cultures they are living in? And in these new conditions what does it mean to be faithful to the inner life of the Church, while being engaged "for the life of the world"? These are the main underlying questions the papers here are attempting to address. One of the particular aims of this collection has been to give readers unfamiliar with Orthodox Christianity a set of articles that are at once both academically rigorous and also convey the inner dimension of the Church. This means that a number of these scholars are participants in as well as observers of Orthodox life, and can therefore attempt to translate for outsiders that mysterious personal dimension that is at the heart of any religion, and without which descriptions are incomplete"--Page 2. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3038426989 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by John Jillions. |